[Chemical Source Profiles of PM Emitted from the Main Processes of the Iron and Steel Industry in China].

Considering the lack of numbers and updates of particulate matter (PM) source profiles, which show PM emitted from the Chinese iron and steel industry, a dilution tunnel system was used to sample PM discharged from the three main processes (sintering, puddling, and steelmaking) of an iron and steel company in Wuhan, China. Six source profiles for fine and coarse PM were established, and their characteristics were researched. The main conclusions were as follows:① For the sintering source profiles, SO42-, Al, and NH4+ were the dominant components, with mass fractions of 22.2%, 4.5%, and 3.5% in the PM2.5 profile and 36.0%, 5.2%, and 2.7% in the PM10 profile, respectively. Fe was abundant in puddling source profiles, the mass fractions of which reached 28.3% and 24.5% for PM2.5 profile and PM10 profile, respectively. As for steelmaking, the main components were Ca and Fe. ② For the element component features, S was enriched in the sintering source profiles. Metal elements, such as Pb and Cr, were more abundant in the puddling source profiles. ③ The coefficients of divergence for profiles were calculated. Profiles of different sizes for the same processes showed similarities, whereas the diversities between the sintering and the other two profiles were higher. 4 Compared with research in other regions, similarities and differences were found and analyzed.